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The following two security updates has been released for Debian:

[DSA 3341-1] conntrack security update
[DSA 3342-1] vlc security update



[DSA 3341-1] conntrack security update

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3341-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
August 20, 2015 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : conntrack
CVE ID : CVE-2015-6496
Debian Bug : 796103

It was discovered that in certain configurations, if the relevant
conntrack kernel module is not loaded, conntrackd will crash when
handling DCCP, SCTP or ICMPv6 packets.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:1.2.1-1+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:1.4.2-2+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:1.4.2-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your conntrack packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

[DSA 3342-1] vlc security update

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3342-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Alessandro Ghedini
August 20, 2015 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : vlc
CVE ID : CVE-2015-5949

Loren Maggiore of Trail of Bits discovered that the 3GP parser of VLC, a
multimedia player and streamer, could dereference an arbitrary pointer
due to insufficient restrictions on a writable buffer. This could allow
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted 3GP files.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.0~rc2-2+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed shortly.

We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/